Alvin Deutsch (February 9, 1932 - October 6, 2021) was a

copyright A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, educatio ...

attorney known for his work with Peggy Lee,

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and the estate of Harper Lee. His work as legal counsel for

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allowed the theater to establish a new model of revenue stemming from original productions, which changed the landscape for non-profit theatres. Deutsch married Davida Miriam Tenenbaum in May 1967. He was an alumnus of

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and

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. He co-founded Linden and Deutsch and later became partner at McLaughlin & Stern. He was an adjunct professor specializing in copyright at Cardozo Law School. He served as Parnas at

Congregation Shearith Israel The Congregation Shearith Israel (Hebrew: קהילת שארית ישראל ''Kehilat She'arit Yisra'el'' "Congregation Remnant of Israel") – often called The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue – is the oldest Jewish congregation in the Unit ...

in Manhattan.

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